Resource Library

 Resources on leadership and career development can be overwhelming.

Let us be your source for practical, actionable guidance—so you can focus on doing your great work. We’ve curated the best original articles, expert podcasts, helpful books, and practical tools for you below.

Our Best Comprehensive Resources

  • Leading Through Influence

    • Four steps to managing up that will make your work easier and more impactful

    • Learn how to lead through influence—even when you don’t have authority

    • Workbook to influence a real decision at your work

  • Guide to Informational Interviews

    • How to reach out to develop your career

    • Scripts and templates for exactly what to say when reaching out and following up

    • A breakdown of what YOU bring to the table—even when you’re asking for help

  • "Optimize Your Job Search" Bundle

    Three practical guides to help you avoid overwhelm and tell a clear and cohesive story about who you are and what you bring to the table.

    1. Focus Your Resume Workbook
    2. Cover Letter Tip Sheet & Template
    3. Authentically Present Yourself in Your LinkedIn Profile (includes recorded workshop!)

  • Quit Handbook

    Our comprehensive guide to making the decision, managing the guilt, moving on, and everything in between.

    Includes:

    • A script for exactly what to say when giving notice

    • A template for saying goodbye to colleagues

    • A framework for managing the emotional transition

    • Plus, recorded trainings, answers to your FAQs, and an exit checklist.

  • Running a Coaching Business

    In this recorded training + resource book, I pull back the curtain on what it really looks like to get started and run a coaching business. If you’re considering becoming a coach or solopreneur, this is for you.

Free Workbooks, Curated Lists, and Tools

  • Connect the Dots of Your Career Workbook

    In today’s career landscape, many of us balance a variety of skills and interests rather than going all in on a specialized path.

    Uncover the thread that runs through all of the separate points along your career path and regain a sense of wholeness, integrity, and purpose.

  • Beyond the All-In-One Job: Different Job Types for Different Purposes

    Our culture has taught us that one full-time, all-consuming job is the ideal version of what work should look like.

    Let's look beyond the all-in-one-job to explore different types of work that will serve you in different points on your career path.

  • Five Essential Skills for Leaders

    No matter where you sit in the organization, cultivating these five core skills will make you a better leader—and a better person, too.

  • The Spectrum of Mission-Driven Work: Purposeful Careers Beyond Nonprofits

    Many of the people who come to us for coaching are stuck in the old idea that there are only two worlds of work: nonprofit and for profit. But the truth is, there are a wide range of ways to carry out mission-driven work. Instead, here's how we think of it.

  • Top Resources to Develop Your Authentic Leadership

    Our curated list of the best podcasts and books to grow as a leader.

  • Top Resources to Navigate Your Meaningful Career Path

    The podcasts, websites, and books we trust to guide you in the modern job economy.

  • The Six Points of Your Strategic Career Compass

    Your Strategic Career Compass guides you to make purposeful decisions & navigate the changing career landscape with resilience. Start creating yours here.

  • How to Work With a Recruiter to Supercharge Your Job Search

    In this guide we share the role that recruiters can play in your job search, our 5 key tips for working with the 3 different types of recruiters, and how to leverage recruiters as a helpful tool to identify and land an aligned position.

  • Mentor Meeting Preparation Guide

    Mentor Meeting Preparation Guide

    This guide walks you through a process to make the most out of a meeting with your mentor. You'll surface thoughtful questions that enable your mentor to share targeted insight, experience, and resources that truly help you to move forward.

Other Freebies for You

  • The New Rules of the Career Road - Mini Course

    Take down outdated career myths and get unstuck with simple-but-powerful exercises to unlock new possibilities

  • Own Your Leadership

    Develop your authentic leadership by exploring three new core perspectives on what it really means to show up as a leader.

  • How to Navigate Your Modern Career with Purpose & Adaptability

    Watch Carole Ann present a new model for creating your own unique and meaningful path